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be raised by her sister and brother-in-law. However, Remedios warns her against this course of action, saying that, in the north, ...

it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribut...

The original equipment needed to conduct the lottery was lost "long ago," and the current paraphernalia shows signs of age, the bl...

"dances" out to the fig trees each day to check on their ripeness (Ripe Figs). When she finds them to be "little hard, green marb...

The misconception, here, is that because the old man does not look normal that he must not be human and therefore, they can treat...

the books noted above we find several themes which are common to much of the worlds greatest literature. Among these themes are h...

doesnt blame nor does she come to resent either her husband or the reverend, but instead she reveals an extraordinary amount of co...

She has been given the opportunity, or so she thinks, to finally live a life that is solely hers. There is a powerful sense of fre...

earlier life to the "unguessable country of marriage" (7). As the reader continues, though, it becomes evident that the hope sh...

Sammys gift is his "assertion of principle": "His Queenie has been wronged, and he will stand by her" (Wells). Wells points out th...

word "turned" is extremely significant because this "suggests that the story will also be about a turning," an ongoing process of ...

viewpoint. His point appears to be that life is, in general, a painful, isolated experience, as the connections that people feel...

In four pages this paper examines how Hester Prynne's and Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale's daughter Pearl reflects the religious notion of...

legal husband was not even in the country. She will not reveal the childs fathers name, however, out of sincere love for the man w...

May, Rev. Sanders decides to take a drive to her house to check on her. Mrs. Lyle has been keeping a very low profile since the s...

friend have many things they are experiencing, one of the most important being the changes they are facing in junior high school w...

ages of 25-44; they live alone; most are Caucasian; "38% had been homeless for less than one month" but 32% "had been homeless for...

conversation between the bartenders as they speak of how he had tried to commit suicide. The older bartender indicates that it mus...

a stuff house in total darkness; these help to create an atmosphere of unrelieved terror. The murderer, of course, is so unhinged ...

that he too is a man like Stoksie, but the reference to Stoksies children again reveals his immaturity. Referring to the babies in...

home. That ended their affair and the couple saw each other only one more time, for "one sorrowful and bitter drink" (Ford, 2009)....

boy fell from the car platform, and two years prior to that, a youngster lost his life when he slipped while walking the tracks an...

of trance, or opens himself to whatever psychic power he possesses at these times. But lets go back to the beginning. One of the ...

age when a womans reputation was crucial to her welfare and future) on the slim chance that she can free herself from subservience...

character. Looking at both works shows belies Martin Kearneys arguments and demonstrates that Joyce had an altogether different po...

by Robert Altman of the same name. Many believe that this collection of short stories is an example of Carvers writings when he w...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Browning's "The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point". Short essay responses to discuss...

There are three major issues discussed in this essay. The paper begins with a brief discussion of mental rotation with an example....

The short story is Sister Flowers. This essay describes highlights in the story. There is one souorce listed in the bibliography o...

life would be long with sunny days and happiness. This reluctant joy at a husbands death could be considered even more of...